Caleb4 Carman
(James3, Caleb2, John1) was born 28 June 1708 at Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
And he was quite the activist during the American Revolution:
"He purchased land in Bordentown of Joseph Borden April 23, 1730 which is still in the
possession of his descendants. He was a farmer. He also had shad fisheries on the
Delaware. During the Revolution he had charge of the American Patrol on the Delaware
and commanded a party that burnt the American gunboats on Crosskick Creek to prevent them from falling into the hands of the British. He loaned considerable sums of money to the
government for which he held Loan Office Certificates at the time of his death. His funeral sermon was preached in the Baptist Church by Rev. B. Allison."
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Journals of William Stillwell Carman, Book No. 24 - "Caleb Carman of Cape May,
Bordentown Carmans, Virginia & Kentucky Carmans"
It was this Caleb that the poem and Revolutionary War ballad "Battle
of the Kegs" was written about.
Caleb died 2 July 1807 at Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey. He had married
on 1 June 1748, Elizabeth Wood, born 1721 in Cranbury,
Middlesex County, New Jersey; died 15 September 1808 in Bordentown, Burlington,
New Jersey; daughter of Kiah Wood.
Children of Caleb and Elizabeth (Wood)
Carman:
